I grew up at the local movie theaters. My Dad was an avid fan too so we had many family outings there too.
Fast forward about 30+years. It's been so long since I was last a the movies, I'm thinking at least 4 years and several states ago.
I just happened to look at a site of a local theater, it's $8.00 for an adult matinee!!!!
$10.75 at night
$12.00 3D matinee
$14.75 3D night
$17.25 IMAX adult
I just wait the few months and rent it. Altho' it's been forever since I found anything worth seeing and it costs the same as "on demand" thru our cable. $4.99.
I also read that Blockbuster is reinstituting the late fee charges. The more convenient one to us closed months ago and the other one is just a pain to get to so we don't do that anymore. Hubby doesn't want the expense of Netflix as we won't watch that many to make it worth our while.